Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export … uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume, by reducing their number of shipments and increasing their …

-product-destination level export data from France. We show that in key predictions of the model are validated. During the recent trade collapse …This paper proposes studying export frequency as an additional margin of international trade. While extensive margins … of products and destination define the scope of firm’s export, export shipment frequency is determined by sale method …

exports to some countries but not to others. We adapt a standard intra-industry trade model with variable export costs (e ….g. transport) and fixed export costs (e.g. market access) to include a TI that is able to pool market access cost. From this …) smaller export markets feature a larger TI share, (iii) the TI share is independent from variable (distance-dependent) export …

shipment. Using monthly firm-product-destination level export data from France, we show that key predictions of the model are …This paper proposes studying export frequency of firms. While extensive margins of products and destination define the … scope of firm's export, export shipment frequency is determined by sale method choice and cost structure of the trade …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export … uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume, by reducing their number of shipments and increasing their …

size of their export shipments. In our inventory model, transportation costs and optimal shipment frequency are determined …-product-destination level French export data we show that, in line with the predictions of the model, firms adjust on both margins for market … convex marginal cost function. Firms adjust to increased uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume …

An astonishing 33% of all firm-product-destination export spells in Danish data turn out to be isolated single …-month one-off export events (observed once in a 49 month window). On average, for an export-active firm, such one-off exports … passive (i.e., buyer-side driven) one-off exporting in addition to the customary proactive export channel. This framework …